It's Tea Time for Better Bone Health: How Green Tea and Tai Chi Can Suit You to a "T!" - EmpowHer

  • By zz-omni-cms
  • June 3, 2011


In the past six months, I have been very good about restricting myself from what I consider to be my one vice: diet soda. I had a minor addiction to the elixir, but for more than one reason, all due to the desire to obtain optimum health, I have slowly eliminated it from my diet. Sure, I enjoy one on occasion, but I drink considerably less now than I did in the past.

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A Taiwan native, Dr. Chwan-Li Shen, an associate professor and researcher for the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has conducted a study about how some of the habits associated with Eastern culture (such as drinking green tea) might be beneficial for Westerners as well.

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